Ugh I was excited until I watched the candling videos and saw obvious movement.....now I am kinda bummed but I am still hopeful that I am just not candling right or with a good enough flashlight. Nothing smells in the bator so I guess I will just wait and see.

How far along are your eggs? And what color are the shells? With white-shelled eggs, we had great visibility from day 4 through day 10, but the green-shelled eggs are really hard to see. And I've got a barred Rock hen laying shells so thick I can't see anything at all no matter when I candle!

For candling, I like to use a small Mag-Lite flashlight with an LED bulb. The biggest drawback is those things suck down batteries like you wouldn't believe, so in order to see anything much you have to give it new batteries. And I have to candle in a completely dark room. (I was using the old furnace closet, but there's a spider the size of a Buick living in there now . . . I'd squish him, but it occurred to me he must be eating something--and what if he's less nasty than his dinner?!)

we've got some royal palm turkey eggs going, yesterday was day 8, and i couldn't see anything - brand new batteries in d-cell mag light.

i realize they are thicker shells, so didn't expect to see everything, just a bit of something. there was flickering, but not sure if that was the insides of the eggs moving from being moved, or if there is life in those things